Essential University Physics
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Author: Wolfson, Richard
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Chapter 28, Problem 31E
For safety, medical equipment connected to patients is often powered by an isolation transformer, whose primary is connected to 120-V AC power and whose secondary delivers 120-V power. What’s the turns ratio of such a transformer?
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